Becker & Poliakoff
Contact Us  Careers  Terms & Conditions  Client Login   Search    
Events & Media
Overview






Seminars



2009 Annual Community Association Leadership Conference
Free Educational Forum

The Community Association Law Practice Group of Becker & Poliakoff is pleased to announce that the Firm will be holding its Annual Community Association Leadership Conferences beginning on January 16, 2009 and continuing through March.

Becker & Poliakoff is well-known for its pioneering role in the creation of the law pertaining to the operation of common ownership housing in Florida. Our attorneys are recognized as individual leaders in the field through published works, public service, legislative activities and industry group leadership positions.

Join us to get the latest information on current topics impacting you and your community. Please click here to register for the event nearest you!

Click here to download the information as a PDF.


Customs Compliance Seminar Series:
An informal roundtable discussion of issues impacting international trade.

Click here for the PDF brochure
Register Now for the Customs Compliance Seminar Series

Who Should Attend?

  • Importers
  • Exporters
  • Customs Brokers
  • Shippers
  • Trade Professionals
  • Freight Forwarders

Two Locations:
121 Alhambra Plaza 10th Floor
Coral Gables, FL 33143

3111 Stirling Road
Hollywood, FL 33312

Time:
*All sessions begin at 8:30 am (Registration and light breakfast);
Program runs from 9:00 – 10:30 am.

Registration Information:
Cost: $50 to attend all 4 sessions per company. Individual sessions are $50 each.

Register Now for the Customs Compliance Seminar Series

1. Export Licensing & Enforcement

Coral Gables – October 28, 2008
Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood – November 5, 2008

  • Investigations by ICE or BIS
  • Commodity Jurisdiction Requests
  • Denied Parties List – What you need to know
  • Reducing Monetary Penalties
  • Voluntary Disclosures to BIS

Representatives of the Bureau of Industry and
Security (BIS) and Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) will be featured speakers at
this session.

2. FDA Compliance for Food and Cosmetics

Coral Gables - December 4, 2008
Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood – December 9, 2008

  • Is your labeling in compliance?
  • Responding to a Notice of FDA Action
  • Mitigating Liquidated Damages Claims for failure to redeliver FDA refused merchandise

3. Protecting Your Brand from Trademark Infringement and Counterfeiting

Coral Gables – January 30, 2009
Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood – February 5, 2009

  • Preemptive Steps to protect your Intellectual
    Property and Strategies for Enforcing Your Rights
  • Trademark Registration with the U.S. Patent
    and Trademark Office (USPTO)
  • Trademark and Copyright Recordation with
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

4. Understanding the ABC’s of Customs Laws & Regulations

Coral Gables – March 13, 2009
Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood – March 24, 2009

  • Fines, Penalties & Forfeitures (FP&F)
  • Properly handling a CBP Detention Notice & Seizure Notice
  • Understanding the Seizure Process; Getting your goods back!
  • Classifications – How to classify your merchandise properly?
  • Why do you want a CBP Binding Ruling?

Register Now for the Customs Compliance Seminar Series


Past Seminars

Disaster Recovery & Rebuilding Webinar
Click here for the PDF


Tools to Appeal Your Property Tax Bill in a Declining Real Estate Market


Who Should Attend?
Commercial Property Owners, Developers, Asset Managers for industrial properties, shopping centers, mixed use projects, multi-family projects, sports facilities, golf courses, pari-mutuel and gaming facilities, large vacant land parcels, and lessees of municipal land, who believe their respective properties are over assessed and would like to decrease their annual property tax assessments and reduce their annual ad valorem tax payments.


2009 COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LEGAL UPDATE

A discussion of legislation from the 2008 Session affecting shared ownership housing associations.


Foro de Leyes de Asociaciones Comunitarias
Forum on Community Association Law

Seminario Gratis De Medio Día Relacionado a Asuntos Preocupantes de Comunidades de Vivienda de Propiedad Mancomunada
Hilton del Aeropuerto de Miami • 31 de mayo del 2008
Hilton Miami A irport • May 31 , 2008


Construction Law: Know Your Rights, Responsibilities and Obligations Under the Law
May 15 & 16, 2008
9:00 – 11:00 am


Community Association Seminar Registration
Free Seminars for CA
Free Half Day Seminar Regarding Issues of Concern to Common Interest Ownership Housing Communities